Open AccessLabour accounts in Iran, Australia and Denmark
Author(s) -
Farhad Mehran,
Zahra Rezaei Ghahroodi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
statistical journal of the iaos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1875-9254
pISSN - 1874-7655
DOI - 10.3233/sji-200645
Subject(s) - construct (python library) , work (physics) , statistical analysis , set (abstract data type) , geography , regional science , operations research , engineering , computer science , statistics , mathematics , mechanical engineering , programming language
Labour accounts provide an orderly manner to compare, reconcile and built-on data from different sources. The procedures may in principle be applied to topics other than labour. As part of a research project at the Statistical Research and Training Center of Iran, an attempt was made for the first time to develop labour accounts for Iran for the reference year 1390 (March 2011–February 2012). The procedure is described in the first part of the paper. In the second part, comparative tables for Australia, Denmark and Iran are constructed on each of the three main elements (employment, hours of work and employment-related income). In the process of comparing the data, the differences in the underlying methodologies are reviewed and an assessment is made on the way forward. To date, very few countries have attempted to construct labour accounts. The three countries discussed in this paper represent a diverse set of statistical systems, but have in common, particularly, Iran and Australia, the same concepts and definitions in line with the ILO international standards.